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FUGITIVE'S DRIFT, RORKE'S DRIFT, ISANDHLWANA Mountain, and other historic points of interest in the Zulu War of 1879, which are usually gained from Dundee, or the railway station near the Buffalo River, can also be visited as a continuation of this tour, either by rejoining the main road and proceeding via Help- makaar, or by keeping to the Buffalo
River But provi- Foot-liMs of the Drakensberg
sion would require to be made beforehand for the longer leave from civilization which this would entail.
Upper Tuqela Branch
The Upper Tugela Branch, which joins the main line at Ennersdale, is 24 miles long, and runs over an enormous plain, with a gradual slope to westward, culminating in the rugged scenery of the Drakensberg. From a scenic point of view the situation is an ideal one, the highest summit in Natal is seen towering grandly to the sky. The district is eminently suitable for cattle and sheep farming, and there are generally good agricultural farms under the Berg. At MOORLEIGH HALT there is a German Mission Station.
WINTERTON, the terminus of the line, is an agricultural settlement having the benefit of an irrigation scheme, somewhat on the same lines as Weenen, the terminus of the narrow
Altitude Distance
- 3354 feet.
- 178 miles.
gauge line. The scheme was commenced in 1902, and completed in 1905,
when the land was thrown open for settlement. The water is supplied by a furrow, 18 miles in length, from the Little Tugela. There are some 5,000 acres under water, and the land is cut up into blocks of about 75 acres
each. A village has been laid out in a central position, and everywhere in the locality the air is dry and bracing.
Dairy Stock